On November 7, 2013, Marvel announced the 13-episode series as a joint project with Netflix.[1] On December 6, 2013, Marvel announced that Drew Goddard would join the series as Showrunner and Executive Producer and write the first episode Into the Ring.[2] On May 24, 2014, Drew Goddard left the project handing his position to Steven S. DeKnight.[3] The whole first season premiered on April 10, 2015.

On April 21, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season. Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez were announced as the new showrunners.[4] The whole season premiered on March 18, 2016.

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"Marvel's Daredevil" is a live action series that follows the journey of attorney Matt Murdock, who in a tragic accident was blinded as a boy but imbued with extraordinary senses. Murdock sets up practice in his old neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen, New York where he now fights against injustice as a respected lawyer by day and masked vigilante at night.

Just when Matt thinks he is bringing order back to the city, new forces are rising in Hell's Kitchen. Now the Man Without Fear must take on a new adversary in Frank Castle and face an old flame – Elektra Natchios.

Bigger problems emerge when Frank Castle, a man looking for vengeance, is reborn as The Punisher, a man who takes justice into his own hands in Matt's neighborhood. Meanwhile, Matt must balance his duty to his community as a lawyer and his dangerous life as the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, facing a life-altering choice that forces him to truly understand what it means to be a hero.

On March 24, 2014, Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb stated that Daredevil would begin filming in July 2014, with Jessica Jones being the series to follow. Iron Fist and Luke Cage would then follow Jessica Jones, before concluding with The Defenders series.[7]

On May 27, 2014 Marvel Entertainment announced that the title role of Daredevil was going to be played by Charlie Cox.